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Queen Mary set for 200th Atlantic crossing.

Cunard Line's flagship, the Queen Mary 2, will mark a major milestone on her 6th July crossing from New York to Southampton, achieving her 200th Transatlantic Crossing in her ninth season since entering service in 2004.


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Royal Caribbean announces that the world’s largest cruise ship will be sailing in Europe for a short autumn season in 2014.

In what was a surprise announcement, Royal Caribbean have announced that their largest and most impressive ship, the Oasis of the Seas will be coming to Europe in the autumn of 2014.


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P&O Cruises launches new programme of holidays for 2014 including new fly-cruise holidays in the Med as their Vantage fares come in for some criticism.

P&O Cruises have announced their expanded programme of cruises for the 2014-2015 season totalling 269 cruises, visiting 218 places including 17 new destinations in 77 countries.


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Two P&O Cruises’ passengers shot in daylight robbery in Barbados.

Two passengers on board the Adonia for a three month trip round central and southern America were shot whilst on the holiday island of Barbados.


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Cunard Line relaxes its dress code.

Cunard Line has renewed its commitment to the joy of dressing up aboard its three ships with an update to its dress codes, while at the same time encouraging the loosening of ties on its less formal nights.


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Royal Caribbean launches its most ambitious European cruise programme for 2014.

Royal Caribbean International has announced its 2014 Mediterranean cruises to complete its future European deployment.


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First phase of Carnival Cruise Lines’ fleetwide review announced: As sailing soon two cruises are cancelled.

The following is the press release of the 19th March by Carnival Cruises in its entirety.


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Celebrity Millennium is the first cruise shop to call at Hong Kong’s new international cruise terminal.

Passengers disembarked at the old Kai Tak airport for the first time in 15 years on the 17th March after the Celebrity Millennium berthed at the new cruise terminal built on the site of the city's former airport.


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The Regal Princess is launched by Fincantieri for Princess Cruises.

The Regal Princess, the new flagship of the Princess Cruises was launched on the 27th March at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard near Venice. Delivery is scheduled for the spring of 2014, while its sister ship, the Royal Princess, is due to be delivered very soon.


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Titanic II moves a step closer as further details about the ship are released.

Last Tuesday, Professor Clive Palmer along with representatives from Finnish marine consultant Deltamarin, announced the Titanic II project was taking shape and the official signing of a construction contract with a Chinese shipyard could happen as soon as next week.


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Norwegian Breakaway leaves the building hall of the Meyer Werft Shipyard.

Norwegian Breakaway, the largest ship ever built in Germany, was floated out of Meyer Werft’s covered building dock last Sunday morning where the 146,600-tonne ship has been under construction since September 2011.


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Queen Elizabeth meets Queen Mary.

On the 12th March, Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth will meet the old Queen Mary in a Cunard Royal Rendezvous at Long Beach Harbour, California.


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The mystery of the Lyubov Orlova may have been solved.

According to data from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the derelict Lyubov Orlova has been spotted roughly 1,300 nautical miles off the coast of Ireland.


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The Italian cruise builder Fincantieri announces strong growth during 2012.

The Board of Directors of Fincantieri have approved the company’s 2012 financial statement. In it they comment on a profit in excess of 15 million Euros on a turnover of over 2.4 billion Euros, of which more than 70% is from the export market.


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MSC announces additional cruises to Le Havre for 2013.

MSC Cruises has announced that they are to add the port of Le Havre to the French ports already served by the cruise line.


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Princess Cruises expands its Japanese cruise program for 2014.

Carnival Corporation, the parent company of Princess Cruises has announced that it is to substantially expand its operations in Japan from 2014 with the addition of a second ship to the land of the rising sun.


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Calling all singers and dancers for P&O Cruises

P&O Cruises is heading to several major UK cities including Newcastle and Manchester on the hunt for new talent to join its Headliners Theatre Company.


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The Panama Canal expansion is on time and on budget.

The Panama Canal expansion is moving forward to reach its goal of bolstering the waterway’s capacity in order to provide a better service to customers and to allow ships of up to 50 metres wide to pass through its locks and canals.


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Project Sunshine ships named Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas .

The first steel-cutting took place at the German shipyard of Meyer Werft on the 5th February marking the start of construction of the new Project Sunshine ships for Royal Caribbean International.


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Windstar completes the purchase of three Seabourn ships

Windstar Cruises parent company, Xanterra Parks & Resorts, has completed the purchase of three Seabourn ships; the Seabourn Pride, the Seabourn Legend and the Seabourn Spirit. Under the project name Global Windstar, the expansion will double the size of Windstar’s recently renovated, three luxury sailing yacht fleet, making the company the market leader in small-ship cruising with 300 or fewer passengers, with a total of 1,230 berths.


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Thomson Majesty crew members killed in yet another life boat drill accident.

Cruise passengers watched in horror as five crewmen were killed in an accident on the Thompson Majesty whilst the ship was on a cruise to the Canary Islands.


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Carnival Triumph left adrift after a fuel leak starts an engine fire.

An engine room fire that left the Carnival Triumph stranded without power in the Gulf of Mexico for several days was caused by a leak in the fuel return line for the number 6 diesel generator in the main engine room.


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Royal Caribbean announces an order for the 3rd Oasis Class Cruise Ship.

In what has probably been the worse kept secret in the cruise industry for some time, Royal Caribbean announced on the 27th December that they had signed a contract with STX to construct a third Oasis-class vessel for delivery in mid 2016.


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MSC Cruises announces that the Melody is to be withdrawn.

MSC Cruises has announced that the Melody, the smallest ship in the MSC Cruises’ fleet, is retiring from service with immediate effect and will no longer offer cruises on behalf of the Geneva-based company.


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Norwegian Cruise Line announces weekly firework displays on its new Norwegian Breakaway.

Norwegian Cruise Line is starting off 2013 with a big bang by announcing that the Norwegian Breakaway, currently under construction at Meyer Werft and due to arrive in Southampton on the 29th April this year, will feature an exciting fireworks show on every cruise.


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